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Clyde 2 is an
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station based in
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, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the
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network. It broadcasts to Glasgow and
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. As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 172,000 listeners according to
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.


Programming

Most of Clyde 2's programming is produced and broadcast from the station's Clydebank studios and carried on
Greatest Hits Radio Greatest Hits Radio is a classic hits radio network in the United Kingdom, owned and operated by Bauer. Overview The network launched on 5 January 2015 as the "Bauer City 2 Network", and rebranded on 7 January 2019 due to the success of Ra ...
's network of locally branded Scottish stations. Some weekend output is produced by
Tay 2 Tay 2 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Dundee, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Dundee, Perth and Tayside. As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience ...
in Dundee and
Forth 2 Forth 2 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Edinburgh, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Edinburgh, Lothian, Fife and West Central Scotland. As of September 2022, the ...
in Edinburgh. Occasional programming is produced and broadcast from
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in Inverness,
Northsound 2 Northsound 2 is an Independent Local radio station based in Aberdeen, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Aberdeenshire. As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience ...
in Aberdeen and West Sound in
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and
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Some off-peak output is produced from GHR's
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,
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,
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and Manchester studios and broadcast on both networks in Scotland and England.


News

Clyde 2 broadcasts local news bulletins hourly from 6am to 7pm on weekdays and from 7am to 1pm at weekends. Headlines are broadcast on the half hour during weekday breakfast and drivetime shows, alongside sport and traffic bulletins. The Clydebank newsroom also produces bespoke national Scottish bulletins at weekends with
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bulletins carried overnight.


See also

* Radio Clyde *
Clyde 1 Clyde 1 is an Independent Local Radio station based in Glasgow, Scotland, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Glasgow and West Central Scotland. As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audi ...


References


External links

* Greatest Hits Radio Radio stations established in 1973 Radio stations in Glasgow {{Scotland-radio-station-stub